stopgapn.

Etymology: < stop v. + gap n.¹ (From the phrase to stop a gap: see gap n.¹ 2b, 6b.)Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstop-gap.

†1. An argument in defence of some point attacked. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > defensive argument > instance of

stopgap1533

1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xv. f. li But yet hath this good man one stoppe gappe for me styll, to proue alwaye that my sample is not lyke.

2. Something that temporarily supplies a need; a makeshift. Also, of a person: One who temporarily occupies an office, etc. until a permanent appointment can be made.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [noun] > a substitute > poor or temporary

Jack at a pinch1622

stopgap1691

apology1754

makeshift1822

warming-pan1846

ersatz1875

substitute1878

1691 T. Shadwell Scowrers iv. i. 35 Reads. Yet I have sent you a bill for 250l. to receive... This won't do, but thou art a good Dad, 'tis a pretty Stop Gap.

1731 Fall of Mortimer i. i. 9 I hate your Stop-gaps; they were never good for England.

a1777 S. Foote Cozeners (1778) i. 5 I must desire you to find out some other agent: I declare off! you sha'n't make a stop-gap of me!

1804 J. Collins Scripscrapologia p. vi A Bit or a Scrap often serves, as a Stop-gap, to fill up the Void of an idle Hour.

1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth I. 1 Moral prejudices are the stopgaps of virtue.

1883 Athenæum 8 Sept. 299/1 Altogether his volume is merely a stopgap pending the appearance of the book which is to supersede Mill.

1911 J. H. Rose Pitt & Great War xx. 447 Addington soon made it apparent that he was no stop gap.

3. An utterance intended to fill up a gap or an awkward pause in conversation or discourse.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conversational filler

stopgapa1681

a1681 [see sense 5].

1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 416 A Compliment..is the common Stop gap.

[a1764 [see sense 5]. 1885¹ [see sense 5]. ]

1886 H. W. Lucy Diary Two Parl.: Gladstone 211 Besides, if he is ever at a loss for a word, he can always throw in ‘I am not one of those who’, or ‘I venture to say’. These stop-gaps..have been found very convincing.

4. In physical sense: Something to stop up a hole. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > [noun] > that which closes an aperture

stanch1557

stop-hole1562

stopple1562

stopping1585

stopper1591

stop1771

stopgap1872

1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch II. iv. xli. 347 A bit of ink and paper which has long been an innocent wrapping or stop-gap may at last be laid open under the one pair of eyes which [etc.].

5. attributive passing into adj., with sense ‘filling a gap, pause, etc.’

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [adjective] > poor or temporary

stopgapa1681

makeshift1683

makeshifty1858

quick-and-dirty1939

a1681 J. Lacy Sr. Hercules Buffoon (1684) i. 5 There's my Ladies little Dog..; then a Horse stolen or stray'd... Then there's the old stop-gap Ditto; and these are for ever and ever the news of the Gazette.

a1764 R. Lloyd Ode to Genius 20 Vain every phrase in curious order set, On each side leaning on the (stop-gap) epithet.

1885 Proc. Amer. Soc. Psych. Res. 1 312 The ‘well's’ and ‘ah's’, ‘don't-you-know's’, and other stop-gap interjections.

1885 J. Chamberlain Speeches 13 June 146 What will be known in history as the ‘Stop-gap’ Government.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

stopgapv.

Brit.

/ˈstɒpɡap/, U.S.

/ˈstɑpˌɡæp/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: stopgap n.

Etymology: < stopgap n.

1. transitive. To fill, fix, or attend to using a stopgap.

ΚΠ

1918 Times 24 July 8/3 We have been stop-gapping situations from day to day.

1969 E. Brathwaite in K. Ramchand & C. Gray West Indian Poetry (1972) 78 The wooden trap was chipped and chopped..And used to stop-Gap fences.

2001 Times (Shreveport, Lousiana) (Nexis) 30 Oct. 7 a Council members beat around the budget bush, discussing the pros and cons of stop-gapping recurring city budget requirements with casino revenues.

2. intransitive. To act as or use a stopgap; to fill a post or meet a need temporarily.

ΚΠ

1918 Proc. Gen. Comm. National Liberal Federation in Pamphlets & Leaflets for 1915–18 (Liberal Publ. Department) 76 Surely the women who are stop-gapping in the great standing industries and equipping the armies are fit to vote at 21.

1991 Times 5 Mar. 40/1 Then Honda took off and went to McLaren, and Williams stop-gapped with a Judd engine.

2004 N.Y. Mag. 7 June 24/1 I was living in Manhattan, stopgapping at a public-relations firm.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stopgap
释义	stopgapn. Etymology: < stop v. + gap n.¹ (From the phrase to stop a gap: see gap n.¹ 2b, 6b.)Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstop-gap. †1. An argument in defence of some point attacked. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > defensive argument > instance of stopgap1533 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xv. f. li But yet hath this good man one stoppe gappe for me styll, to proue alwaye that my sample is not lyke. 2. Something that temporarily supplies a need; a makeshift. Also, of a person: One who temporarily occupies an office, etc. until a permanent appointment can be made. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [noun] > a substitute > poor or temporary Jack at a pinch1622 stopgap1691 apology1754 makeshift1822 warming-pan1846 ersatz1875 substitute1878 1691 T. Shadwell Scowrers iv. i. 35 Reads. Yet I have sent you a bill for 250l. to receive... This won't do, but thou art a good Dad, 'tis a pretty Stop Gap. 1731 Fall of Mortimer i. i. 9 I hate your Stop-gaps; they were never good for England. a1777 S. Foote Cozeners (1778) i. 5 I must desire you to find out some other agent: I declare off! you sha'n't make a stop-gap of me! 1804 J. Collins Scripscrapologia p. vi A Bit or a Scrap often serves, as a Stop-gap, to fill up the Void of an idle Hour. 1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth I. 1 Moral prejudices are the stopgaps of virtue. 1883 Athenæum 8 Sept. 299/1 Altogether his volume is merely a stopgap pending the appearance of the book which is to supersede Mill. 1911 J. H. Rose Pitt & Great War xx. 447 Addington soon made it apparent that he was no stop gap. 3. An utterance intended to fill up a gap or an awkward pause in conversation or discourse. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conversational filler stopgapa1681 a1681 [see sense 5]. 1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 416 A Compliment..is the common Stop gap. [a1764 [see sense 5]. 1885¹ [see sense 5]. ] 1886 H. W. Lucy Diary Two Parl.: Gladstone 211 Besides, if he is ever at a loss for a word, he can always throw in ‘I am not one of those who’, or ‘I venture to say’. These stop-gaps..have been found very convincing. 4. In physical sense: Something to stop up a hole. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > [noun] > that which closes an aperture stanch1557 stop-hole1562 stopple1562 stopping1585 stopper1591 stop1771 stopgap1872 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch II. iv. xli. 347 A bit of ink and paper which has long been an innocent wrapping or stop-gap may at last be laid open under the one pair of eyes which [etc.]. 5. attributive passing into adj., with sense ‘filling a gap, pause, etc.’ ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [adjective] > poor or temporary stopgapa1681 makeshift1683 makeshifty1858 quick-and-dirty1939 a1681 J. Lacy Sr. Hercules Buffoon (1684) i. 5 There's my Ladies little Dog..; then a Horse stolen or stray'd... Then there's the old stop-gap Ditto; and these are for ever and ever the news of the Gazette. a1764 R. Lloyd Ode to Genius 20 Vain every phrase in curious order set, On each side leaning on the (stop-gap) epithet. 1885 Proc. Amer. Soc. Psych. Res. 1 312 The ‘well's’ and ‘ah's’, ‘don't-you-know's’, and other stop-gap interjections. 1885 J. Chamberlain Speeches 13 June 146 What will be known in history as the ‘Stop-gap’ Government. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020). stopgapv. Brit. /ˈstɒpɡap/, U.S. /ˈstɑpˌɡæp/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: stopgap n. Etymology: < stopgap n. 1. transitive. To fill, fix, or attend to using a stopgap. ΚΠ 1918 Times 24 July 8/3 We have been stop-gapping situations from day to day. 1969 E. Brathwaite in K. Ramchand & C. Gray West Indian Poetry (1972) 78 The wooden trap was chipped and chopped..And used to stop-Gap fences. 2001 Times (Shreveport, Lousiana) (Nexis) 30 Oct. 7 a Council members beat around the budget bush, discussing the pros and cons of stop-gapping recurring city budget requirements with casino revenues. 2. intransitive. To act as or use a stopgap; to fill a post or meet a need temporarily. ΚΠ 1918 Proc. Gen. Comm. National Liberal Federation in Pamphlets & Leaflets for 1915–18 (Liberal Publ. Department) 76 Surely the women who are stop-gapping in the great standing industries and equipping the armies are fit to vote at 21. 1991 Times 5 Mar. 40/1 Then Honda took off and went to McLaren, and Williams stop-gapped with a Judd engine. 2004 N.Y. Mag. 7 June 24/1 I was living in Manhattan, stopgapping at a public-relations firm. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1533v.1918
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